I don't know what the kids at Hasbro were thinking when they came up with powerizers, but whatever it was, they should take a lesson from the boys at Takara, who bring us what may very well be the pinnacle of the Voyager class. This, is Transformers Prime Arms Micron War Breakdown.

Breakdown comes packaged in robot mode, but I'll start from vehicle mode, which is pretty much a blue brick on wheels. The alt mode is an armored truck of made-up model, and it's a very nice dark blue. Thre isn't much paint o this thing, mostly on the bumper, and the spare tire, along with a few other bits, but what he lacks in paint, Breakdown makes up for, with stickers. there is a metric crudtonne of these things, and thankfully, the quality is really good. the make up a bunch of detailing, including the front lights, sonme of the windows, stripes above the back wheel-well, and the entire back bumper, the last off which is covered by one huge sticker. the vehicle is overall chunky, has good heft to it, and stays together like a charm if you get everything lined up right.

Transformation is intuitive, buta little complex. Start by grabbing the back bumper, and simultaneously pulling up and back, lift the entire back section the truck up. Then untab the side panels of the truck, and fold out the legs. Start rotating the wheel-wells forward, and about half-way, fold out the foot, and start folding the panel in half, rotate the wheel-well all the way and then tab the folded panel into place. Next, split the windshield, and rotate the windshield halfs outwrd 90 degrees. Untabe the front wheel-wells, and pull them outward, before rotating them forward, this should give you enough clearance to fold out the arms. Next, split the hood of the truck, fold the grille under it, and swing the enitre front assembly down around Breakdowns head. Finally rotate the hands out, orient the arms properly, and collapse the back of the truck onto his back, where it pegs in.

In robot mode, Breakdown is almost as wide as he is tall, with wide shoulders, barrel-like chest, and many harsh angles which allgive him a very rough-and-tough appearance. There are more stickers, in the lower legs and waist, as well as four stickers on each knee-cap. In this mode he has a good amount of posability, with a limited ball-joint in the neck, balljoints in the shoulders for roation, and a seperate hinge for in-and-out movement. The arms swivel aboe the elbows, and bend both ways on a hinge at the elbow. the waist can swivel all the way around, and the hips are ball-jointed, with swivels underneath them. Knees are hinged, and the feet can pivot forawrd and back.

Being an Arms micron figure, Brekdown sports a massive number of ports and pegs to attach microns, and he also comes with the micron Zamu. Zamu is a little gray rhino, who has a lot of stickers for details. It can transform into Breakdowns hammer weapon, which he can hold. There is alos a neat little feature in which one can rotate in the hand, like going into vehicle mode, to reveal a peghole which one can plug Zamu into, creating the illusion that Breakdowns hand has transformed into a hammer, much like in the show.

At the moment, the Breakdown mold is a Takara exclusive, which is a shame, because this toy is pure plastic brilliance. Both modes look good, the transformation is clever and satisfying, and he makes a wonderful companion piece if one already has Breakdowns mate Knockout. I would prersonally recommend this figure with the highest of praise, but he is unfortunately very hard to find at a decent price.

A fantastic rendition of the TF: Prime decepticon. The transformation scheme proves to be satisfyingly complex and interesting. Vehicle mode and Bot modes are quite solid in appearance, and very close to the show's CGI model. Unlike many of the Deluxe Arms Micron Transformers, the plethora of Micron ports do not detract from the overall look of the figure. Unfortunately for those in the United States... it seems that Hasbro has no interest in releasing this figure for domestic release at this time.

This was a figure that I was wanting badly! I judged a few times to get due to te fact that it was an import only figure. When I roamed the Internet for sites I found my new favorite spot for importing figures we can't get in the states! Breakdown is an outstanding figure! He displays great in and out his box! He is a must have figure!

This is a good figure, the plastic is a little thin on some parts and the front fenders that turn into the legs like to pop off rather easily, but overall the look and function for the figure are dead-on for the character. I would highly recommend this figure to all Transformers Prime collectors.

This is a great version of Breakdown. The color scheme and paint job is awesome! I love the engineering of the transformation and the fact that his micron looks like his hand hammer. Get this figure! plamoya is the cheapest place to get him!